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Economy

Resident Households by Household Structure and Household Size (Census of Population 2020)

Updated 11 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 18/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17480

Data explorer

ResidentHouseholdsbyHouseholdStructureandHouseholdSizeCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.1 KB)

Number Text	Total Numeric	1 Person Text	2 Persons Text	3 Persons Text	4 Persons Text	5 Persons Text	6 Persons Text	7 Persons Text	8 or More Persons Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)75.0% 22027025.0%	(Null)50.0%	(Null)41.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)16.7%
Total	1372559	220270	309754	280544	275594	163466	74981	30527	17422
No Family Nucleus	301426	220270	60245	14097	4254	1622	796	120	24
One Person	220270	220270	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Two or More Persons	81157	-	60245	14097	4254	1622	796	120	24
One Family Nucleus	995669	-	249509	266447	260035	143584	54563	15999	5531
One Generation	209094	-	185843	19574	2607	764	294	12	-
Two Generations	710701	-	63667	241912	239333	117907	36156	8827	2900
Three or More Generations	75874	-	-	4961	18095	24913	18113	7161	2632
Two Family Nuclei	72461	-	-	-	11306	18260	19454	13727	9715
One or Two Generations	16829	-	-	-	7412	5618	2490	742	566

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
Total	Total	Numeric	Number	-
1 Person	1Person	Text	Number	-
2 Persons	2Persons	Text	Number	-
3 Persons	3Persons	Text	Number	-
4 Persons	4Persons	Text	Number	-
5 Persons	5Persons	Text	Number	-
6 Persons	6Persons	Text	Number	-
7 Persons	7Persons	Text	Number	-
8 or More Persons	8orMorePersons	Text	Number	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_5878c7d334eb84983a765d91bd270d7c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Households by Household Structure and Household Size (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5878c7d334eb84983a765d91bd270d7c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)